A sudden remodel' at Coventry Mall closes 2 stores

Photo by Kevin Hoffman
Chain link fence around the Verizon and GameStop stores at the Coventry Mall. The stores had business interrupted last week. Verizon is operating out of a temporary facility in the mall parking lot.

NORTH COVENTRY — Business was interrupted last week for two stores at the Coventry Mall when they were forced to temporarily close.

The GameStop and Verizon stores have been closed since July 4. Yellow tape that originally blocked off the impacted area has now been replaced with chain link fencing.

On Wednesday, Verizon began moving products out of the store and into a tent and trailer area in the Coventry Mall parking lot, where the store has been set up and working with customers ever since.

Kevin Gallagher, assistant manager of the Verizon store, would say only that the store is undergoing a “remodel,” although he had no information about how long the work will continue. In the meantime, Gallagher said Monday, “We can do anything here that we can do inside the store.”

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Gallagher added employees had about a day to get what it needed out of the store.

The Mercury has been attempting to obtain information about the situation over the past several days.

The North Coventry Township Building Code/Zoning office was closed Thursday and Friday, and township code/zoning officer Deborah Russo is on vacation until July 9. Calls to Coventry Mall management and the corporate offices of Verizon and GameStop have so far not been returned.